Classical Latin Alphabet

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Salvēte! Here, I go through the letters of the Classical Latin language and give some history and info behind some of the letters. I hope to clear some misconceptions, like why the letters ‘J’, ‘U’ and ‘W’ didn't even exist back then and how they came to be…

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It seems that classical Latin used predominantly MAJUSCULE ( CAPITAL) letters, because the cursive handwriting became ordinary only in the middle ages, right ?

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I researched IPA to type this comment.

My question is do you have understanding why they needed three constants that sound the same.

Kei trAIn
Kə About
Ku: mOOn

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